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POEM: Mere Image

I look in the mirror At a real piece of work And I thank God That genius recognizes genius Sharing more than mere image I am more than the sum of the images that you can make of me. If … Continue reading

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POEM: Eternal Seasoning

A house divided soon Falls From fair-weathered friends A summer fallowing Hommés united spring eternal From perennial buds After a parent winter So goes The eternal seasoning A savor for all The whirled This short poem is about hope, friendship, … Continue reading

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POEM: Success Can Be Trying

She was not a success Nor was she even a failure For failure has a prerequisite Trying Not reaching The successful cobble The stones of failure So becoming The rode integral Too success Finding that success can be trying The … Continue reading

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POEM: Fringe Benefits

Living on the fringe Has benefits I thought that this short poem would have been the seed for a larger poem, but the more I thought about it, I didn’t want to mess with the simple elegance of it. Since … Continue reading

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POEM: Lovers of Dirt

Lovers of Dirt Wile in cathedrals The atheist Dares claim The title Of mass debater As little comes From behind the veil That doesn’t exist In the slightest Hint elect To believe Methods to their madness Seemingly beyond approach However … Continue reading

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POEM: Same Old Hope

He said, “Wow, you’re the same old hopeful person.” I said “Yes, and somewhat dyslexic. I’m a Samo Hopien” This short poem doubles as a bad joke.  Appropriately so, my dyslexia is in tandem with the double vision of punning.  … Continue reading

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POEM: BUCKET BRIGADE – Owed to Karen Krause

BUCKET BRIGADE Owed to Karen Krause While some pine That faith The size of a mustard seed Can move mountains Like magic Perhaps with a wrinkle of their knows Wiser women know How mountains move Bucket by bucket By outstretched … Continue reading

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POEM: Confused

If you are confused, you are well on your way Life can be complicated.  If you delve into the intricacies of most any situation or topic, you will find many shades of gray, and undoubtedly some paradoxes or contradictions.  If … Continue reading

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POEM: Monkeys with Typewriters

If you put a hundred monkeys with typewriters in a room Would there be any way to tell That it wasn’t the Fox News copy room? This short poem is a parody of both the infinite monkey theorem and Fox … Continue reading

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POEM: I Could Have Swore

I Could Have Swore Backs against the wall And faceless No name to call Wandering If anyone Ever Will get their drift Homie-less At the center A cross person Surrounded by thieves And gawkers In a sea of blindness In … Continue reading

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POEM: Unemployable

I am unemployable Partly because no one can afford what I’m worth Partly because I prefer to give it away This short poem harkens to a more organic way of relating to one another than contractual relationships.  What if people … Continue reading

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POEM: My Ransom

I had drug All my holdings To the pinnacle of possessions And the depths of conceded Realizing Long the way It was My ransom Delivering me Oftentimes our possessions end up possessing us.  Like a drug addiction that has a … Continue reading

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POEM: Serendipity and Dippity Doo

On occasions I find it easy To believe In sarin gas And dippity doo Rather than serendipity These are not special occasions While many of my poems have an edge to them, my body of work is decidedly hopeful.  This … Continue reading

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POEM: Work Week

One day I didn’t feel like going to work Some people call them weekdays This one goes out to all of you who feel, chronically and/or acutely, that going to work is, well…work.  I wouldn’t mind being the guy who … Continue reading

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POEM: Incompetent Evil

I don’t care much for evil I don’t care much for incompetence Though when present together Incompetence becomes a blessing As in math, sometimes in morality, multiplying two negatives can produce some positive results.  There is at times some hope … Continue reading

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POEM: Barbarian Hordes

Only after building the wall To keep the barbarian hordes out Did I realize That we are the barbarian hordes Exclusion is the most barbarian practice.  Inclusion is the most enlightened practice.  To evolve in our humanity we need to … Continue reading

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POEM: Government Listening

I’d like a government that listens More than listens in And NO, I don’t want fries with that! We need to truly listen to one another, in order to create together a democracy that represents us.  Democracy is an open … Continue reading

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POEM: Lifting Fog

Lifting Fog You can’t fight city hall They are too big to fail We are too small to make a difference A mere drop in a vast sea These lies can travel through vast deserts of grief and despair Like … Continue reading

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SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER: A Christian Perspective on Justice

Here is a portion of a document that I drafted a couple of years ago while I was a board member of Toledo Area Ministries (TAM).  It was never adopted in any form, but I put a lot of work … Continue reading

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POEM: Poets Wages

What’s up with going to work so early? I find myself in this altered state, for such a sleepyhead Fortunately, I can work in bed No wonder poets are paid so little!

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